American Frontiersmen and Daniel Boone

Why did the British try to stop settlers from moving west?

• Because they wanted to protect the Indians from settlers

• Because they wanted to build forts in the western territories

• Because they wanted to keep order and protect the settlers

• Because they wanted to make treaties with the Indians

What motivated the Americans to head for the frontiers?

• The desire for adventure and a better life

• The need to protect the Indians from settlers

• The availability of abundant land on the East Coast

• The opportunity to govern Indian territories

What kind of people were the frontiersmen and frontierswomen?

• Restless and born explorers

• Content and satisfied with their lives on the East Coast

• Uninterested in learning from the Indians

• Reluctant to take risks for a better life

Where was Daniel Boone born?

• Georgia

• Pennsylvania

• England

• Kentucky

Why did Daniel Boone's grandfather, George Boone, move to America?

• To join an outcast religion called Quaker

• To escape persecution as a Quaker in England

• To find abundant land for farming

• To become a weaver in Pennsylvania

What did George Boone learn about Pennsylvania in a letter?

• The Indians were hostile towards settlers

• The land was expensive and not worth buying

• The Germans and English were cultivating the country

• The Indians were retreating from the settlers

What did Daniel Boone hear about the land called kentake?

• It was a dangerous and uninhabitable place

• It was a beautiful land filled with wildlife

• It was an Indian hunting ground off-limits to white men

• It was a meadowland with high grasses and buffalo

What did Daniel Boone do after the French and Indian War?

• He fought on the side of the British

• He became an officer like George Washington

• He searched for an easy way to get over the mountains

• He settled down in Kentucky with his family

What did Daniel Boone turn the Indian trail into?

• A road for families to travel with wagons and animals

• A fort to protect settlers from Indian attacks

• A trading post for fur traders

• A hunting ground for buffalo and deer

Why did the Native Americans hope the settlers would stay in one place?

• To learn from the settlers' ways

• To protect their hunting grounds

• To trade with the settlers

• To adopt settlers into their tribes